Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.
Record Review
BBC Proms Composer – Monteverdi with Jeremy Summerly and Andrew McGregor
2 hours, 47 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Jeremy Summerly chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms composer Claudio Monteverdi and explains why you need to hear them, plus the best of recent classical releases. Show more
Eric Lu plays Chopin at home in Boston and the period instruments of the Consone Quartet shed new light on Mendelssohn at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Sergio Serra
29 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Jess Gillam and cellist Sergio Serra share the music they love, including Estrella Morente, Pekka Kuusisto, Stan Getz and CPE Bach. Show more
Inside Music
Conductor Ben Gernon with striking musical pictures and a touch of Star Wars
1 hour, 56 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Ben Gernon opens up a selection of classical music from his point of view as a conductor - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more
With the 40th anniversary re-release of Flash Gordon imminent, Matthew Sweet is joined by guitarist Brian May of Queen for a programme celebrating film and the comic strip. Show more
Lopa Kothari with her picks from the BBC's archive of recordings made at the WOMAD festival in recent years. Show more
Live music from brass mavericks the Hackney Colliery band, plus trumpeter Jay Phelps shares some of the music that inspires him. Show more
Daniel Barenboim conducts Wagner’s Die Walküre, with Staatskapelle Berlin and an international cast led by Bryn Terfel as Wotan and Nina Stemme as Brünnhilde. Show more
Kate Molleson presents more of the latest in new music performance, including a focus on Matthew Shlomowitz and recordings from the Donaueschingen Festival in Germany. Show more
Corey Mwamba presents highlights from Chicago vocalist and clarinet player Angel Bat Dawid's set at the London Jazz Festival, plus new music from viola player Mat Maneri. Show more
Zurich Chamber Orchestra at the 2018 Festival der Stille in Switzerland with music by Elgar, Grieg and Vivaldi. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Show more